Physics at UWI, Mona

Overview

Majors

Research

Facilities

New

Overview

Majors

Research

Facilities

New

A relatively small Department – but a lot to offer!

Academically challenging environment Scope for personal interaction with

lecturers and subject area. Practical, hands on and fun! A different experience

You haven’t done physics until you’ve done physics at Mona!

Overview

5 Majors General Physics

Theoretical physics Education, Higher Research, any career that

requires problem solving

Electronics Telecommunications, control systems, engineering

type solutions Popular electronics/computer science double major

Materials Science Physics of materials Industry, Forensics, Standards

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5 Majors

Energy & Environmental Physics Renewable technology, solar, wind,

hydro, integrating energy systems Physics of climate, atmosphere, climate

change, fluids, etc. Met Services, Environmental agencies,

etc.

Medical Physics Physics in Medicine, Medical

Instrumentation

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Research

Research groups.

Consist of academic staff, graduate students, bright undergraduate students (through final year project)

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NewClimate Studies Group, Mona (CSGM)

Climate change and variability, computer modelling

Alternative Energy Research GroupEfficiency of technologies for local context, new technologies, hybrids

Automatic Speech Recognition Developing a pronunciation aid for applications like speech therapy

FacilitiesOverview

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Facilities

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Undergraduate Laboratories

Virtual Lab Simulation physics and teaching

Wind turbine – solar panels: Hybrid system powers an undergraduate lab

Weather station

Telescope

Dedicated space for Extra curricular activities Electronics club Ham Radio Club

Beautiful sign

New CoursesENTRY ENTRY LEVELLEVEL

Semester 1Semester 1

Course codeCourse codeSemester 2Semester 2

Course codeCourse code

CSEC PhysicsCSEC Physics

CAPE Physics CAPE Physics or or

CSEC Physics CSEC Physics + CAPE Math+ CAPE Math

CAPE MathCAPE Math

PHYS0411PHYS0411

PHYS0412PHYS0412

PHYS1411PHYS1411

PHYS1412PHYS1412

MATH1185MATH1185

MATH1141MATH1141

Intro to MechanicsIntro to Mechanics

Into to Oscillations & Into to Oscillations & HeatHeat

MechanicsMechanics

Waves, Optics & Waves, Optics & ThermodynamicsThermodynamics

Mathematics for Mathematics for Scientists & EngineersScientists & Engineers

Intro to Linear AlgebraIntro to Linear Algebra

PHYS0421PHYS0421

PHYS0422PHYS0422

PHYS1421PHYS1421

PHYS1422PHYS1422

ELET 1400ELET 1400

Intro to Electricity & MagnetismIntro to Electricity & Magnetism

Intro to Nuclear Physics & OpticsIntro to Nuclear Physics & Optics

Electricity & MagnetismElectricity & Magnetism

Modern PhysicsModern Physics

Intro to ElectronicsIntro to Electronics

(for all majors except Mat Sci)

Physics Honour SocietyOverview

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Participation is by invitation.

Students with at least a B+ average in Physics (and have not failed any course)

Breakfast Treats twice each semester with interesting speakers

Certificates, pens, pins and bookstore voucher

After 2 consecutive semesters, guaranteed summer employment in the department for a month doing research

Electronics Club/Electronics Engineering Participated in the IEEE SoutheastCon 2012 Hardware Competition Placed 17th among 48 universities

Undergraduate Research and its Rewards Staff Members Dr. Leary Myers and Mr. Leonardo Clarke as

well as Graduate Students Stefan Watson and Vincent Taylor (Computer Science) won the Ministry of Science Technology, Energy and Mining Innovation Awards 2012, in the Resources / Knowledge Valorization Category for their invention of a Real Time Monitoring and Alert System. Other students involved were Anthony Drummonds and Sasha-Gaye Dixon.

System prototype completed at the Undergraduate level.

Watson and Drummonds

To The Aspiring Medical Physicists M.Sc./Postgraduate Diploma in Medical

Physics launched. Jobs in radiotherapy, diagnostic imaging and

nuclear medicine, teaching, consultancies